Re: cant find mkoctfile.

[Dmitri A. Sergatskov]

On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 4:04 PM, Doug Stewart <address@hidden> wrote:

On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 4:42 PM, Mike Miller <address@hidden> wrote:

On Sun, Jul 01, 2018 at 16:40:17 -0400, Doug Stewart wrote:
> ok this is a clue!!!
>
> >>  fullfile (__octave_config_info__ ('bindir'), ['mkoctfile-', version])
> ans = /usr/local/bin/mkoctfile-5.0.0
> >>
>
> it is looking for 5.0.0 !!!
> why or how?

You must be running the development version of Octave, not 4.4.0.

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mike

Yes 

hg id  = 6aa29920a531

so how to fix it?

​Wipe out installed octave(s) and re-install the one you want (4.4.0, 4,4.0x, 5.0.0).

I usually do (as root):

cd /usr/local

find ./ -name "*oct*" | xargs rm -rf

​

​Dmitri​.

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